Bed-spring



(No Model.)

W. H. TURNER. BED SPRING.

No. 452,815. Patented May 26, 1891.

NITED STATES .ATENT OFFICE,

VILLIAM H. TURNER, OF EAST AURORA, NEV YORK.

BED-SPRING.

SPECIFICATION for ning part of Letters Patent No. 452,815, dated May 26,1891. Application'filed December 18, 1890 Serial No. 375,085. (Nomodel.)

T0 60% whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. TURNER, of East Aurora, in the county ofErie and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Bed-Springs; and I do hereby declare that the followingdescription of my said invention, taken in connection with theaccompanying sheet of drawings, forms a full, clear, and exactspecification, which will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention has general reference to improvements in bed-springs; andit consists, essentially, in the novel and peculiar combination of partsand details of construction, as hereinafter first fully set forth anddescribed, and then pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings already referred to, which serve to illustrate my saidinvention more fully, Figure 1 is a plan of a connected pair of myimproved bed-springs as attached to the common slats of a bedstead. Fig.2 is an elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation of one ofthe shoes of the bedsprings in line 00 cc of Fig. 4. Fig. a is a plan ofthe same.

Like parts are designated by corresponding letters of reference in allthe figures.

The object of this invention is the production of an efficient set ofsprings for, and means for attaching them to, the slats of a bedstead.To accomplish this result I construct my improved bed-springs of aconnected pair of spirally-wound springs A A, the lower ends of whichare first formed into horizontal circular coils B B, then clownwardlybent at C O a distance equaling the thickness of the thickest slatusually found in a bedstead, then bent at right angles and toward eachother at D D, and finally formed into hooks E E, as clearly shown inFig. 2. Upon these hooks E'E are placed shoes F, each of which has fourupwardly-projecting points ff, between which the horizontal portions D Dof the springs are located, and on its lower surface a groove G,wherewith en gages the hooked portion E E. These shoes are placed uponthe ends of the springs, with the points f f projecting upwardly toengage the slats H on their under side, whereby the horizontal coils BB, in conjunction with the horizontal portions D I)" and the bends O 0,form elastic clamps, so as to adapt them for engagement with variousthicknesses of the slats H, the horizontal portions D D being normallyformed at an acute angle to the horizontal coils B B in a manner readilycoinprehended. The upper portions of the connected springs are formedinto a series of bends in the following manner, whereby a very goodcarrying-surface for the mattress is produced: The helices of thesprings A A first end in a straight portion J J, an ofiset or recess t'i, then a straight portion K K at right angles to the straight portion JJ, then return-bends L L, and finally an oblique portion M, connectingthe return-bends L L, so that the return-bends L L and the obliqueconnecting-bar M partly fill the space between the adjacent uppermostconvolutions of the springs A A, and the return-bends I I fill theoffsets t' 2". By constructing the top portions of the springs in thispeculiar manner I provide for a large carrying-surface for the mattress,resulting in a perfect spring bed-bottom when a series of theseconnected springs are placed side by side upon the usual slats of abedstead.

It will be readily observed that by constructing a spring bed-bottom ofa series of entirely disconnected double springs upon the usualbed-slats I derive advantages which no other construction permits in anequal degreeviz., that a spring bed-bottom can be arranged by any one bypurchasing the necessary number of springs; that the individual springsmayat any moment he removed without disturbing the remaining springs;that the springs can all be readily removed for cleaning purposes, whichcan be better and with less labor performed than with connected seriesof double springs, and that a complete bed-bottom can be produced atless cost than any other spring bed-bottom with which I am acquainted.

The introduction of the shoes to the free ends of the springs is animportant factor in spring bed-bottoms. It prevents the shifting ortwisting of the springs, owing to the fact that the points engaging theslats prevent such displacement, so that no other separate connectionbetween the springs is required to preserve them in their respectivepositions.

These shoes may be produced in cast-iron and the ends E E simplyclinched upon them, thereby adding nothing to the cost, but rathereffecting a saving over other means for holding the springs to thebed-slats.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure to me by Letters Patent of the United States-- i 1. An improvedspring bed bottom consisting, essentially, of a series of slats and aseries of pairs of connected springs, each pair consisting of the coilsA A, the horizontal coils B' B, the bends O C, the horizontal po-rtionsD D, and the top portions consisting of the bends I 1, straight portionsJ J, having recesses it, the portions K K at right angles to theportions J J the return-bends L L, and the oblique portions M,connecting the return-bends L L, as described, said horizontal portionsD D being fitted with shoes F, engaging the slats on the under side andthe horizontal coils B B engaging said slats on the top side, as and forthe object stated.

2. A shoe for the free ends of springs, consisting of the body F, havingthe upwardlyprojecting points ff on its upper surface and a groove G inits lower surface, said shoe being attached to the springs, in themanner as and for the object stated.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have heretoset my hand in the presence of' two subscribing witnesses.

\VM. H. TURNER.

Attest:

MICHAEL J. STARK, WM. 0. STARK.

